Many New Garmin Nuvi Articles on Garmin Tricks, Tips Web Site

Once again Gary .. thank you so much for updating your website .. Your tips and tricks have been invaluable on my navigation journey with the various Garmins I have. Thanks!

for those of you who haven't looked at Gary's website you are missing out. Covers everything from the simple to more complex material and makes it easy to understand.

Thanks Gary!

Thanks Gary! I discovered your site when I was trying to figure out why pre-loaded POI's were not showing up. I think I spent an hour in the settings, trying to figure out which seting I must have set wrong. It's very frustrating that some manufactures decided what should be included or not. A better idea is just to have a setting to turn the feature on or off. If a user wants to see POIs displayed, let them be able to turn it on. After all, the info is already loaded in the unit.

Great site thanks.

Tips and tricks just keeps getting better. As always, this site is where to go to find that piece of info that Garmin fails to tell the owners. Keep up the great work and thanks for all the info.

Great Info for people who do not know the basics and some people can find something they didn't know before.

Great Tips as usual ... Can report that the tip on MAP AND NAVIGATION INFORMATION WHILE IT IS CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER also works on my 1450.

you continue to help me explore all of the options on my 765T with your great site

your work is much appreciated

Good to see you back. I had missed your updates.

Thanks for all the great information, Gary!

just got gps and articles are great why doesn't ghayman write Garmin user manuals !

Thanks, Gary - I drop in on your site from time to time to see what new stuff you have out there. Thanks for some great help!

Thanks Gary for all your hard work and dedication on your site.

I totally agree with you when you said to password/remove your GPS so that crooks can't use it to find your home location

But with that being said.. (and it's only a observation and thought from this side of the computer), that will do little good if all they have to do is reach into your glove box and pull out your vehicle registration, last vehicle service invoice/bill, new tire receipt guarantee, etc., etc. which has your address on it anyways.

Like YOU said. It's best if you remove your GPS anyways. At least it cuts down on the probability of having your vehicle broken into if they can't see it from outside.

Nuvi1300WTGPS

Your site is the best. Didn't see this on the 3700s. When I got mine I moved my POI Files over to it using an SD Card. Problem I encountered was that some showed and most didn't. After researching and checking posts here, found on that on the 3700s (mine is a 3790T) that the POIs have to be 256 color and right around 22 by 22 size. Once I changed all of my POIs they now show.

I'm happy you are enjoying the site, Gary0825.

I use 256 color .bmp (bitmap image) icons of 22 x 22 pixel size. Remember, Magenta (RGB: 255, 0, 255) displays as transparent.

This I learned from Sam Penrod's POI Loader page several years ago. [http://www.gpsinformation.org/penrod/poiloader/poiloader.html] and mention many times on my Garmin Tricks WEB site.

Garmin recommends 16 X 16, 16 or 32 bit BMP files which I don't follow [ https://buy.garmin.com/support/searchSupport/case.faces?caseId=%7B77805dd0-0e0c-11dc-df46-000000000000%7D]

Gary Hayman
Garmin Tricks, Tips .....
http://bit.ly/garmin_gps_tricks

Just checking out your site, Gary, and wow! I love it! Thanks for all your hard work.

Rath *singing "Taking a road trip"*

Thanks!!!

nice work on the site

Thanks Gary.

Your site has helped me many times.

Wow, some good stuff there.

Thanks for the time and effort of making that available.

Always some good info...thanks

for taking the time to document these tips and sharing!

What a nice site this is. So much information for anyone on GPS systems.

Good info on the new items.

Thanks great site

Like a few others, your many hours of work make life easier for many people.

I want to thank all of you who left such nice comments here about the GARMIN NÜVI TRICKS & TIPS Web site.

I do appreciate them as I strive to produce a helpful, informative and interesting blog for all nüvi owners -- newcomers and old timers.

I continue to invite your participation in submitting articles for publication and even to help me edit the text if you find errors in context and presentation.

Since the last time I furnished some recent titles (at the top of this thread), the following newer ones have been published. [I have some additional ones in the works.]

THE GOOGLE CASE FOR COORDINATES -
-----Changes In The Wind

LADY IN THE LAKE -
-----Interesting What Your Nüvi Does

SET LOCATION - COORDINATES (OUT & IN) -
-----Slight Changes For Some Nüvis

THE NEWER NÜVI MODELS -
-----Released Since The 800 Series . . . [Added Info]

THOSE FUNNY LOOKING NAMED .GPX FILES -
-----What Are They And Can They Be Removed?

TRANSFERRING YOUR OLD FAVORITES TO YOUR NEW GARMIN -
-----Change That File Name

YOUR OLD A/C CHARGER WILL WORK -
-----Get An Adapter For Your 3700 Series

SHOW ME THE ROUTE -
-----Quick Tips To See Route All At Once

NEARER MY ???? TO ME -
-----Finding A Location Using The Near Feature And Setting It

Remember, I don't have all models to use in my testing, so if your particular model nüvi is slightly different, please let me know and include the complete detailed procedure that is different to what has been published so I can also share it. I am currently using a 3790LMT and sometimes a 755T for the testing of the procedures. I can also dig out a 650 if I need to.

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I've recently included a quick link to the 'Recent Additions' page of the WEB site at the top of the entry page.

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GARY HAYMAN

GARMIN TRICKS, TIPS, WORK AROUNDS, HINTS, SECRETS & IDEAS

http://bit.ly/garmin_gps_tricks

Gary's Garmin site is the best. I've learned so much over the years from it.